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before i start i'd like represent i have from the hrc, lupe to give you a brief background on what's been going on from our perspective [inaudible] would like to say a few words about what we're doing now, the direction we're going and some of the -- like to praise the police department, the da for their work over the last few years, particularly the school district, but i think there's things we can do differently to address this population. >> thank you for having this /haerling. this is an issue that has been in everybody's minds and hearts for a long time and we're real /hre thankful that it's get /t-g attention that it's due. so as a human rights commission our job is to investigate human rights in the city. just generally transgender immigrant population in the city, you know, the act of reporting, the act of standing up to your abuser or to the attacker and kind of having that agency and the strength to be able to do so. one of the things that the hrc did is in april we hosted a meeting that was attended by the san francisco police department, the hate crimes unit, supervisor
before i start i'd like represent i have from the hrc, lupe to give you a brief background on what's been going on from our perspective [inaudible] would like to say a few words about what we're doing now, the direction we're going and some of the -- like to praise the police department, the da for their work over the last few years, particularly the school district, but i think there's things we can do differently to address this population. >> thank you for having this /haerling. this...
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i want to ask you to stand by because we have the president of the hrc, chad griffin, also known as the man with the iphone, that has president obama on the other end from air force one. chad, this is certainly a historic day not only for the human rights campaign, for what you started in taking on the fight with prop 8, a lot of people might not recognize the fact that you were the one that helped spearhead the legal challenges to that. what does today mean to you? >> you know, today all i can think of is that young person today in fresno, california or bakersfield, california who is reading tweets or watching online or on television and seeing this historic decision today. seeing proposition 8 and doma fall and crumble, quite frankly. these two discriminatory pieces of legislation were really the symbols of discrimination in this country. and to see them fall and fall in the way they did today advances us forward greatly and says to that young person in fresno or bakersfield, that they too are equal. they aren't second-class citizens anymore in california. but it also says to that you
i want to ask you to stand by because we have the president of the hrc, chad griffin, also known as the man with the iphone, that has president obama on the other end from air force one. chad, this is certainly a historic day not only for the human rights campaign, for what you started in taking on the fight with prop 8, a lot of people might not recognize the fact that you were the one that helped spearhead the legal challenges to that. what does today mean to you? >> you know, today all...
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as part of an hrc advocacy for the communities and other marginalized communities, they began to sphere head the revitalization to this issue to foster enforcement by working in conjunction with the youth commission to identify efficient ways to provide the impact and departments with the resources needed for greater enforcement of 12 n, and the culture sensitive to the cultural come penalty training. >> as one can imagine, funding was at issue and it was to you know, for the strategy development of the training. we were able to identify the department of public health had already in place a similar training protocol upon which we could perhaps build upon and design the training module. they began to meet regularly to determine and develop a training module and seeking out and we were in contact with an agency. helping us move forward with this application related awareness and training. that organization suffered its own funding issues and had to pull out, and that presented a
as part of an hrc advocacy for the communities and other marginalized communities, they began to sphere head the revitalization to this issue to foster enforcement by working in conjunction with the youth commission to identify efficient ways to provide the impact and departments with the resources needed for greater enforcement of 12 n, and the culture sensitive to the cultural come penalty training. >> as one can imagine, funding was at issue and it was to you know, for the strategy...
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she contacted the mayor's disability office and the ordinance is 90-10 and it concerned me that the hrc and mayor's office of disability didn't know about it. it's rather short and my concern was that there was to be publicity and that didn't happen. i would suggest and i can speak to carla later and joanna about this coming to compliance with the compliance. the other thing that concerns me seriously is what to do if you need to have reasonable accommodations and you didn't get it. i was trying to get reasonable accommodations august of 2010 and i didn't know this had been passed and i suffered at the hands of the evil landlord. thank you. i will see you on item 7 as well. >> thank you very much. >> if you can, when you fill out your speaker card, i didn't see your item, that's why i didn't call it. it doesn't have 3 on here. i'm sorry. thank you very much. is there anymore public comment? okay. thank you very much. seeing there is no more public comment. the report from the chair, good afternoon, everyone. i am chair wilson and i would like to mention a couple of things in my report.
she contacted the mayor's disability office and the ordinance is 90-10 and it concerned me that the hrc and mayor's office of disability didn't know about it. it's rather short and my concern was that there was to be publicity and that didn't happen. i would suggest and i can speak to carla later and joanna about this coming to compliance with the compliance. the other thing that concerns me seriously is what to do if you need to have reasonable accommodations and you didn't get it. i was...
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was public works director; there has been a lot of good work from the coalition, from the previously hrc, now the city administrator's office, it's been a great thing for severn san francisco businesses. to be honest, for 840 million dollars with the work in san francisco for such an important and visible and symbolic project, i concur with a lot of the comments of the people who spoke in terms of being disappointed that there's not more san francisco businesses, listed subcontractors that will be able to participate. i am heartened to hear that the contractor is willing instead and try to make whatever opportunities remain available for local businesses despite the fact that we cannot compel him to do so. i think the last gentleman's comment, we did put a strong workforce by which in the contract; we did a local hire ordinance does not apply. first source requirements do and many of the source requirement individuals are local. we are hopeful that more local businesses have those opportunities. what we are faced with at this point, recognizing as you say, kind of where we are, our choic
was public works director; there has been a lot of good work from the coalition, from the previously hrc, now the city administrator's office, it's been a great thing for severn san francisco businesses. to be honest, for 840 million dollars with the work in san francisco for such an important and visible and symbolic project, i concur with a lot of the comments of the people who spoke in terms of being disappointed that there's not more san francisco businesses, listed subcontractors that will...
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that is some sweet hrc merch. now mika with a look what's next on "morning joe.." >> get me a bag. a lot of stories developing late last night. there's a new senator in massachusetts. we'll show you how ed markey overcame a challenge from the republican newcomer. >>> also, high drama in texas as an 11th hour filibuster by senator wendy davis defeats a strict anti-abortion bill ass to yous of protesters were looking on. also, the supreme court strikes down a key portion of the voting rights act. we'll talk to reverend al sharpton, mark halperin, robert gibbs, tina brown all straight ahead on "morning joe." >> still ahead your best and most creative tweets on this particular hough post comedy photo. we going to show it again? we got it? hanging me out to dry. there we go. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually all your important legal matters in just minutes. protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. there was this and this. she got a parking ticket... ♪ and she forgot to pay her credit card bill on time. good thi
that is some sweet hrc merch. now mika with a look what's next on "morning joe.." >> get me a bag. a lot of stories developing late last night. there's a new senator in massachusetts. we'll show you how ed markey overcame a challenge from the republican newcomer. >>> also, high drama in texas as an 11th hour filibuster by senator wendy davis defeats a strict anti-abortion bill ass to yous of protesters were looking on. also, the supreme court strikes down a key portion...
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to include, the body or the hrc or i don't know who, that actually provides a report so that is actually someone that is compiling all of the information because i think that like even though, it is amazing that the departments that came and they are probably the departments out there that need to be looked at but i think that this is one of those things where i think that all of us as adults in the city government have to take responsibility for the fact that we have not done anything that we need to do. and the amazing things going on in these departments and i look forward for your leadership and thank you for your comments. >> i am actually, i really enjoyed hearing this a lot and i have enjoyed the work done by the departments. and they have gone into and just recently where they need to go and i really appreciate the work of commissioner toomuch and the youth commission over all to bring this to our attention. i think that this check in that we have today, is really going to be instrumental and actually getting and moving forward on making sure that we are in compliance and i do ag
to include, the body or the hrc or i don't know who, that actually provides a report so that is actually someone that is compiling all of the information because i think that like even though, it is amazing that the departments that came and they are probably the departments out there that need to be looked at but i think that this is one of those things where i think that all of us as adults in the city government have to take responsibility for the fact that we have not done anything that we...
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i'm a volunteer with hrc. this is something we've been working on so long. really excited for this day. >> let's talk to some of the other people here. inside folks are here. they are drinking. there was more here when the decision came down. it's getting later so decision is tastarting to trickle in. >> i had to come to stone wall to meet my friends. this is where i came. figured i'd have to come to a historical place to celebrate. >> i would assume you're gay. >> i am. >> what does this mean to you? >> i'm proud to be part of a country that's striving for equality. >> thank you. continue to drink up. why are you guys here? >> i'm here to celebrate. >> when the decision came down what did you think? were you nervous? >> i started balling in public in front of everyone. no one got why either. it's so huge. >> thank you. wolf, this is happening probably in lots of bars around the country but here the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement it's extra special because this is where it all started. >> don, we're going to get back to you. lots of happy peopl
i'm a volunteer with hrc. this is something we've been working on so long. really excited for this day. >> let's talk to some of the other people here. inside folks are here. they are drinking. there was more here when the decision came down. it's getting later so decision is tastarting to trickle in. >> i had to come to stone wall to meet my friends. this is where i came. figured i'd have to come to a historical place to celebrate. >> i would assume you're gay. >> i am....
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i think i see hrc talking on the telephone which i believe is with president obama. chad is right there. >> the president is on the line from air force one, president obama. >> hello mr. president? >> we thank you so much for your support. >> we're proud of you guys, we're proud of california. thank you for your leadership. you should be very proud. >> thank you mr. president. >> have a great celebrations. >> well thank you, while we celebrate today, we know we've got to roll up our sleeves and get to work for those in the 37 states that didn't get marriage equality today. we're well on our way. thank you for the leadership. you're invited to the wedding. >> i think by the time my wife and i got back down to our big wedding which was after california stopped allowing marriages, we literally were inviting everyone. we were inviting our servers at restaurant i can't even imagine if we had ran into gavin newsome on the street, we would have invited him. >> just for the imagery. people talking to the speaker phone. >> there is so much more to talk about. you're going to
i think i see hrc talking on the telephone which i believe is with president obama. chad is right there. >> the president is on the line from air force one, president obama. >> hello mr. president? >> we thank you so much for your support. >> we're proud of you guys, we're proud of california. thank you for your leadership. you should be very proud. >> thank you mr. president. >> have a great celebrations. >> well thank you, while we celebrate today, we...
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. >> i'm going to see you on saturday at hrc. i want to ask you, in all of your conversations, is there an appreciation for the gay roots of the traditional civil rights movement and by that i mean i don't know if a lot of people realize or know that the architect of the march on washington, a key adviser to dr. martin luther king was a gay man relatively for the time openly gay man. anyone have an appreciation for that link? >> there are some people i found who are aware of the role of bayard rustin in our struggle but we forget history and really understand it. though some people are aware of it, it's not something that is a real foundation of our knowledge of civil rights. >> bill maxwell writes about this a lot. he talks about the influence of pop culture. folks like tracy morgan who in his comedy routine talked about stabbing his son if he ever talked to him in a gay voice. kobe bryant has had public gay slurs come out. how influential do you think popular black cultural leaders have been in creating this kind of narrative?
. >> i'm going to see you on saturday at hrc. i want to ask you, in all of your conversations, is there an appreciation for the gay roots of the traditional civil rights movement and by that i mean i don't know if a lot of people realize or know that the architect of the march on washington, a key adviser to dr. martin luther king was a gay man relatively for the time openly gay man. anyone have an appreciation for that link? >> there are some people i found who are aware of the...
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weren't sure the community, should we sue or take it back to the ballot box and chad griffin at the hrc he brought this to court with ted olson and mr. boies, a legal odd couple. they believed in simple human dignity and freedom and liberty for everybody. regardless of their politics and these cases we may not be there with our legislatures yet. we're only getting a handful of republicans to support us. three republicans in the senate and three republican state legislators have passed where it passed legislatively. these two cases had huge backing for conservatives and republicans along with most of the democratic and progressive establishment. in amicus briefs, for example constitutional accountability center filed their briefs to get rid of doma and prop 8 with cato institute. that's how broad-based the opinion is on these decisions. you're going to see right wing evangelical heads explode. almost as fun as watching the verdicts be read was seeing the solitary holdovers from another era with their one placard standing alone not smiling and not feeling the love that was in the air. >>
weren't sure the community, should we sue or take it back to the ballot box and chad griffin at the hrc he brought this to court with ted olson and mr. boies, a legal odd couple. they believed in simple human dignity and freedom and liberty for everybody. regardless of their politics and these cases we may not be there with our legislatures yet. we're only getting a handful of republicans to support us. three republicans in the senate and three republican state legislators have passed where it...